CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.132A Approval of product design for Class II and Class III products by CASA, authorised person or relevant approved design organisation

CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 21.132A

  (1)   A person may apply, in writing, to CASA or an authorised person or relevant approved design organisation for approval of the design of a Class II or Class III product.

  (2)   Subject to regulation   11.055, CASA or the authorised person or approved design organisation must approve the design of the product if satisfied that the design:

  (a)   consists of drawings, specifications and other information that fully describe the product; and

  (b)   includes all the information necessary to manufacture the product, including:

  (i)   information that shows the dimensions and appearance of the product; and

  (ii)   the materials used in the manufacture of the product; and

  (iii)   information about the process or processes used to manufacture the product; and

  (iv)   any methods used to test or measure the product; and

  (v)   information that shows the structural strength of the product; and

  (c)   meets the applicable airworthiness standards for the product.

  (3)   For paragraph   (2)(c), if the application is made to CASA, CASA may satisfy itself that the design meets the applicable airworthiness standards for the product on the basis of:

  (a)   an examination of the design; or

  (b)   the technical data for the design approved under regulation   21.009; or

  (c)   a certificate from an approved design organisation under subregulation   (6).

  (4)   For paragraph   (2)(c), if the application is made to an authorised person or approved design organisation, the authorised person or approved design organisation may satisfy itself that the design meets the applicable airworthiness standards for the product on the basis of:

  (a)   an examination of the design; or

  (b)   the technical data for the design approved under regulation   21.009.

  (5)   Subregulation (6) applies if, under regulation   21.251, CASA authorises a relevant approved design organisation to determine whether the design meets the applicable airworthiness standards for the product.

  (6)   If the approved design organisation is satisfied that the design meets the airworthiness standards, the organisation may give CASA a certificate to that effect.